Studying the applicability of the SSR markers in evaluating the growth of the eucalyptus hybrid lines
Keywords:
Molecular marker, Eucalyptus hybrid lines, growth, SSRAbstract
Molecular assisted selection are increasingly interested because it can shorten the selection time, even selecting in the seedling stage. The molecular markers which linked with the interested traits will be used to evaluate in order to select the superior lines. 14 SSR primer sets were used to evaluate the growth of the Eucalyptus hybrid lines from some of the hybrid combinations. These lines were grown on different sites. The results showed that the evaluating based on the molecular markers were conformity with the progeny trials of the hybrid lines, as a first step. Among of the 14 SSR primer sets, we determined six primer sets (including of EMBRA28, 80, 93, 111, 187, and 361 primers) which can use to distinguish between the fast growth and the slow growth lines. However, the present study used only a little of primers and hybrid lines so we need make an experiment with more number.
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